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In just a few weeks, the Easter bunny will be hippity-hoppiting into many Kentucky homes. Along with the annual visit from our long-eared friend, coloring Easter eggs is one of the favorite holiday activities for children of all ages.
While many of us are accustomed to purchasing the little dye tablets from the store, you can also use natural ingredients to get colorful results.
Ingredients like fresh beets, yellow onion skins and fruit juices can dye eggs.

Editor’s note: This piece by community activist Mona Huff was originally published by the American Diabetes Association. Used with permission. Huff was one of 200 advocates from around the country convening in Washington, D.C, for the American Diabetes Association’s biannual Call to Congress March 10, and she wrote this article as a result.

I am thankful and humbled to have been selected to attend Call to Congress.

As a physician it is my job to help each patient live the best quality of life possible.
Medications or surgical interventions help with many diseases, but these are just two ways to improve medical conditions.
Some of my greatest allies in improving patient outcomes are our very talented therapists.
The most utilized therapists are trained in speech, occupational and physical therapy. These therapists are available to help patients in the hospital, clinic and home health settings.

Henry County artist Sharon Silvers recently taught a painting lesson to fifth grade students at Eastern Elementary School. The topic this year was Vincent van Gogh. Ms. Moore’s class painted van Gogh’s church at Auvers while Ms. Eddin’s class painted a landscape in the style of van Gogh.

The three days that the Kentucky General Assembly was in session this week started on Monday with news that the first new law of 2015 had taken effect and ended on Wednesday night with a flurry of bills passing both chambers before the Senate and House adjourned shortly before midnight.

Lawmakers are now in a nine-day recess and will return to the Capitol for the final two days of the 2015 session on March 23 and 24.